Improved harness saddle-tree



ilNrTnn STATESv PATENT OTFICH.

OLIVER B. NORTH, on NEW HAVEN, coNNneTroUr.

IMPROVED HARNESS SADDLE-TREE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 46,459, dated February 21, 1865.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, OLIVER B. NORTH, of the city and county of N ew Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usei'ul Improvement in Harness Saddle-Trees; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the saine, reference being had to the accompanying draw ings, making a part of this speeitication,'in which- Figure 1 represents, in perspective, one ofthe saddle-trees in question highly ornainented. Fig. 2 represents a front elevation ot one more plain. Fig. 3 represents a vertical longitudinal section through the seat and cantel, to show its construction. Fig. 4 represents a section through a portion ot' the saddle-tree, to show the manner ot' uniting the cheekhook.

Similar letters of reference where they occur in the separate figures denote like parts in all eases.

The object and purpose of my invention is to construct a metal saddletree for harness, wherein the seat and jockeys7 are so combined as to give them the appearance of the best leather-covered trees, 'and closely resembling the shape and form ot' such covered trees, and when japanned presenting very nearly the appearance of patent leather, and this I accomplish by forming the jockeys in connection with that portion ot' the. bow to which the crupper-loop is attached, all in one piece, the seat being sepa-rate from the other portions ot' the tree, and secured thereto, as lereinafter stated 5 and my invention fur. ther relates to the casting ot' a stud upon the under side ot' the upper portion of the seat, for the purpose of securing the upper portion ofthe seat with the back portion ot' the same, thus avoiding' the necessity ot rivets passing through, which interferes with the plating or japanning; and my invention further relates to the manner of uniting the check-hook to thebow of thejockeys by inserting the shank ot the hook between the bow of the jockeys and the under or lower trame, and using a screw and pin to firmly secure it there.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings.

llhe jockeys A A and erupper-loop B, I cast in one piece. The cantel C, I cast in another and separate piece, and unite it to the bow of the jockeys by'a screw, d, or its equivaient, and the seat D, which rises up in rear, so as to form a portion or one side ofthe cantel, I cast in another and a separate piece.l

On the under side ot' the seat portion D,I cast a stud, c, which passes through the cantel, and thus unites the seat tothe tree in rear of the screw or nut b, by which the check-hook Eis fastened to the tree, securing also the front part of the sea-t to the jockey-bow.

F is the frame underneath the jockeys, and the shank ot' the check-hook c passes between said t'rame and the jockey-bow, and has a pin, j', at its extreme rear end, which passes up into the jockey-bow to prevent the eheckhook from turning, said hook being further seeured by a screw, g, passing up into a headed hollow nut, b, as shown in Fig. 4. The jockeys at the'lower ends are slightly turned at their edges h, for the sake of strength and iinish. The turrets G may be united to the tree as shown, or in any other manner that may be preferred.

Vhen the jockeys, seat, and cantel are cast all in one piece, as has been done, such shape was given to the cantel as would allow of the pattern being readily withdrawn from the mold, but not such shape as was most chaste and t'ancied by makers and users. I-Ience I make my tree in pieces, so as to get that desirable shape. l`hough I may make my trees to represents patent leather, I can" also cover the seats with such leather, or l may use silver or brass mount-ing, if I so prefer.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim isl. A metallic saddletree t'orharness, cornposed of the jockeys, cantel, and seat, cast iu separtate pieces and united together, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

2. Casting a stud upon the under side of the seat, for the purpose of uniting said seat to the cantel without passing rivets or screws through, which interfere with and mar the plating or japanning, as herein described.

3. Uniting the checkhook to the tree by passing the shank of the hook under the bow of the jockeys and above the frame, and uniting it by the stud or pin fand the screw and nut g b, or their equivalent devices, substantiall y as herein described and represented.

O. B. NORTH.

Witnesses:

A. B. SToUGHToN, XAVER FENDRIGH. 

